No one has more authority to call the shots the way they really are than
award-winning economist Paul Krugman, whose provocative New York Times
columns are keenly followed by millions. One of the world's most
respected economists, Krugman has been named America's most important
columnist by the Washington Monthly and columnist of the year by
Editor and Publisher magazine.
A major bestseller, this influential and wide-ranging book has been
praised by BusinessWeek as Krugman's most provocative and compelling
effort yet, the New York Review of Books as refreshing, and Library
Journal as thought-provoking...even funny. The American Prospect put
it in vivid terms: In a time when too few tell it like it
is...[Krugman] has taken on the battle of our time.
Built from Paul Krugman's influential Op-Ed columns for the New York
Times, this book galvanized the reading public. With wit, passion, and
a unique ability to explain complex issues in plain English, Krugman
describes how the nation has been misled by a dishonest
administration.
In this long-awaited work containing Krugman's most influential columns
along with new commentary, he chronicles how the boom economy unraveled:
how exuberance gave way to pessimism, how the age of corporate heroes
gave way to corporate scandals, how fiscal responsibility collapsed.
From his account of the secret history of the California energy crisis
to his devastating dissections of dishonesty in the Bush administration,
from the war in Iraq to the looting of California to the false pretenses
used to sell an economic policy that benefits only a small elite,
Krugman tells the uncomfortable truth like no one else. And he gives us
the road map we will need to follow if we are to get the country back on
track.
The paperback edition features a new introduction as well as new
writings.
